Recommend flowers for lawns that bloom all summer
The choice of plants for a suburban area depends on many factors. The main ones are where exactly the lawn will be located (south, east side, a place in the shade under trees or a sunny meadow), do you have the opportunity to care for the lawn, and what kind of flower arrangement you want to see in your place.
Unpretentious perennial plants
If you are equipping a lawn that will not require mowing and daily maintenance, choose those seeds for sowing perennial plantsthat will bloom all summer season. Such a collection is unpretentious, resistant to pests and various diseases, tolerates large amounts of precipitation and does not need weeding and additional fertilizing. Specially selected collections of such flowers can grow on lawns for several years, without requiring seasonal formation of a flower bed and additional planting.
The advantage of perennial flowering plants lies in the fact that they are resistant to frost and sudden temperature changes in the off-season. This means that in the fall they will not need to be planted in pots and hidden in the room until spring comes.
Lawn arrangement options
There are several options for forming a lawn with flowering plants:
- Planting plants alternating in flowering periods. The collection consists of several types of flowers - primroses (blooming profusely in early spring), summer and autumn flowers (astilbe and Chinese aster bloom until the first frost). It is necessary to plant irises and peonies, lilies, chamomiles and dahlias on the flower bed, gladioli and chrysanthemums... Various periods of flowering will form a landscape picture that changes in bright colors.
- Sowing field plants that bloom all summer are English roses, marigolds, pansies, delphinium, Chinese carnation, field chamomile, rudbeckia, gypsophila.
- Creation of mixed flower beds. These are compositions of plants of various heights, shrubs, grasses, grasses and climbing perennials. For complex planting of plants that bloom all summer season, such unpretentious perennials as lupine, Carpathian bell, delphinium, Chinese carnations are ideal.
Several rules for disembarking and leaving
When choosing flowers for lawns that bloom all summer, remember that when arranging a flower bed, you will need to follow some rules:
- Plants are completed only when they have the same planting and growing conditions;
- Calculate the number of seeds so that flowers and herbs fill the entire area of the lawn;
- The distance between the seedlings must strictly comply with the planting recommendations;
- When choosing flowers, consider the degree of illumination of the area under the lawn (violets, periwinkle, poppies, sedum grow better in the shade)
- Ensure that all plants are equally demanding on the frequency and degree of watering.
Also, be sure to pay attention to the stem height of an adult plant. Tall flowers should be planted on the lawn under the wall of the house or fence, small flowers closer to the paths.
In order for your chosen plants to bloom all summer, do not forget about regular watering... If your lawn is in full sun, aerate early in the morning or at sunset.
With the correct selection of plants and proper care for them, you will get a real floral masterpiece. Perennial plants grow very quickly, and in 2-3 years it will be possible to plant new plants, ennobling other corners of the suburban area.